Entries by Lisa McDonald

The National Consumers League Issues a Nationwide Warning About Self-Injecting “Research-Grade” Synthetic Peptides

July 24, 2026 in /by

July 24, 2026: Washington, DC – At a time when a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommends loosening restrictions on some widely promoted research-grade peptides, the National Consumers League is going public about the serious health consequences of acquiring and self-injecting peptides that have not been proven through completed clinical trials to be safe and are prohibited for human use in Canada, Australia, the European Union, and by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

National Consumers League Urges Congress — Stronger Protections for Consumers, Ticketing Reform, and Anti-Fraud Collaboration

July 22, 2026 in /by

July 22, 2026: Washington, DC – Today, John D. Breyault, Vice President of Public Policy, Telecommunications, and Fraud at the National Consumers League (NCL), testified before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. The hearing, titled “Legislative Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Protection in a Changing Marketplace,” addressed key legislation impacting consumer agency authority, marketplace transparency, and fraud prevention.  

Consumer Groups Oppose Confirmation of Lorenze, Sessions as CPSC Commissioners

July 21, 2026 in /by

July 21, 2026: Washington, DC – The National Consumers League, Consumer Federation of America, and 29 other stakeholders sent a letter to members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation opposing the confirmation of Brien Lorenze and Karen Sessions to serve as commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).  The committee is scheduled to vote on the nominations tomorrow. 

NCL Petitions FTC For Sports Betting, Prediction Market Notification Controls  

July 20, 2026 in /by

July 20, 2026: Washington, DC – The National Consumers League, alongside the Campaign for Fairer Gambling, the National Council on Problem Gambling, the Public Health Advocacy Institute, and Truth in Advertising, Inc. (TINA.org), today filed a petition calling on the Federal Trade Commission to require wagering apps to provide consumers better control over the notifications they receive.

NCL, 14 Other Orgs Oppose X/Twitter Attempt to Escape Privacy Requirements

July 2, 2026 in /by

July 2, 2026: Washington, DC – Today, the National Consumers League and 14 other organizations submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opposing a petition from X Corp. (formerly Twitter) to discard an order requiring the company to maintain privacy and cybersecurity safeguards. The order—unanimously approved in 2022 by two Republican and two Democratic commissioners—was necessitated after Twitter repeatedly violated a preexisting privacy order it had been under since 2011. The 2011 order was also ratified unanimously at the time by two Republicans and three Democrats.  

Consumers Last: SCOTUS Erodes Independence of Consumer Protection Agencies

June 29, 2026 in /by

June 29, 2026: Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter and other formerly independent agency heads across the government by allowing the president to fire them at will. This decision reverses nearly a century of Supreme Court precedent and granted President Trump significant and consolidated power. 

The National Consumers League Calls on FDA to Determine No Clinical Need for Continued Mass Compounding of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

June 25, 2026 in /by

June 25, 2026: Washington, DC– At a time when poison control centers report a nearly 1,500 percent increase in calls since 2019 about overdosing and serious adverse events related to injectable compounded GLP-1 weight loss drugs, the National Consumers League (NCL) is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to act with a sense of urgency in finalizing a rule that will establish “no medical or clinical need” for continued mass compounding of these medicines.

Congress Must Protect the Nation’s Household Product Safety Regulator – Urges National Consumers League

June 24, 2026 in /by

June 24, 2026: Washington, DC – Today, the National Consumers League (NCL) submitted a letter for the record in advance of a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the nominations of Brien Lorenze and Karen Sessions to be Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).